Over 5 lakh voters to exercise franchise in Anantnag District onApril 23; 18 candidates in fray

JAMMU, APRIL 21: District Anantnag is going to polls first in the three-phased schedule for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency on April 23 from 7AM to 4 PM.

The District is spread over 6 Assembly segments comprising Anantnag, Dooru, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehara and Pahalgam.

This South Kashmir District has 529256 electors including 269603 males, 257540 females, 2102 service electors (2091 male and 11 female) and 11 transgender voters. For smooth polling, the ECI has setup 714 polling stations in the district.

Kokernag Assembly segment has the highest number of 93874 voters (48742 males, 44948 females and 180 service voters) while as Dooru has the lowest 79029 electors, including 40764 males, 37889 females and 374 service voters.